Furniture-caster



J. TOLBR. Furniture-Caster.

I N 224,249. Patented Feb. 3, 1880.

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WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATE T OFFICE.

JOHN TOLER, or NEWARK, new JERSEY.

FURNlTURE-CASTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 224,249, dated February 3, 1880.

- v Application filed October 9, 1879.

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN TOLER, of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Caster, of which the following is'a specification.

The object of my invention is-to provide a solid bearing in a two-part caster-socket for the conical head of the caster spindle,ant l'to secure the spindle in' said two-part socket without the use of screws or rivets.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a bottom view of my improved caster in position in the table-leg. Fig. 2 is a sectional ele- "atiou of-the same, taken -on line as m of Fig. 1, at right angles to the line of division of the socket. Fig. 3 isa sectional elevation of the caster and table-leg, taken on line y y of Fig. l, in the line of the division of the socket; and Fig. 4 is an elevation of the caster and its spindle, the latter being in" the part of the socket containing the bearing.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. j

Referring to the drawings, A is the: leg of a table, provided with ,a hole or. socket, a, for the reception of the metal socket of the'caster.

The metal caster-socket is'composed of two semi-cylindrical parts, b I). Part b is a plain semi-cylindrical piece of metal, with aflange, c, on its lower end to bear against the end d of the leg A, and having on its outside, near its end 6, a spur, f, to' take hold of the side of socket to. Part bis of the same shape as part b, but. on its upper end, 6, isahead-piece, f, the rounded edge f whereof projects beyond the edges g g of part b, so that when parts b b are put together edge to edge the rounded edge f fits against-the concave inside walls of part b at the upper end, 6, as .shown in Fig. 2, and thusforms a head for the cylindrical socket. Inside of part b is cast a collar, h, at

such a point as to' leave suflicient space between it and the concave surface t of head f! I for the conical head j of the caster-spindle B. In the flange 7c of part b is a semicircular notch, Z. 'O is a metal ferrule placed around the leg A, to prevent it from splitting.

The manner of applying the invention is as follows: l?art b is first inserted in socket on on one side of said socket, and with its flange 0 against the end d of the leg A. The spindle B is then placed in part b, with its head j between collar h and head f. While held in this position; the end 6' of part b is inserted in socket a, (the edges g g of part I) must be placed next to the corresponding edges of part b.) The part b is now forced in socket auntil its flange It bears against the end d of leg A. The pressure of part b in passing into the socket against part b forces the latter against the side of socket on and the spur f into said side, as shown in Fig. 2. A nail, L, or screw is now driven through notch 1 into the end 01 of leg A. The spur f and nail 1, respectively, hold the parts b I) in socket a, and the collar h holds the spindle B in the metal socket formed by parts b I), while the head f furnishes a solid bearing for the point of the spindle-head j.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- Y I V 1. In a caster-socket consisting of two parts, I) b, the spur f, arranged on the outside and near the upper end of the part b, asand for the purpose described.

2. The combination, with a caster-spindle having conical head j and a leg having the hole a, of the socket made in two parts, b b, the part b being semi-cylindrical, havingflange c at its lower end, a spur, f, at its upper end,

and concaved inside walls at ende, and the part b having concave head-piece f '5, with rounded edge f, collar h, and flange 70, having JOHN TOLER.

Witnesses F. J. TOLER,

WILLIAM A. CARLTON. 

